Search for a list of words in a file, then find those words on another replacing the whole line with Class=ShipDummy,replacing the 2 lines below it

Question

I\'d like to search for a list of words from an external list (simple each word on a line) which we\'ll call "List.txt", and search for them in a file (C:\\Users\\P Di

Answer 1

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

REM INITIALIZE THE LIST OF WORDS THAT WILL BE SEARCHED
set targetWords=:EOF

rem I'd like to search for a list of words from an external list (simple each word on a line)
for /F %%a in (List.txt) do (   
   rem and search for them in a file (C:\Uses\P Ditty\Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Backups_SCR*.clg) 
   findstr "%%a" "C:\Uses\P Ditty\Documents\SH3\data\cfg\Backups_SCR*.clg" > NUL
   rem if they are there...
   if !errorlevel! equ 0 (
      REM INSERT THE WORD IN THE TARGET LIST
      set targetWords=!targetWords! %%a
   )
)

REM INSERT THE END-OF-FILE MARK IN THE FILE
echo :EOF>> Campaign_SCR.mis.tmp

REM INITIALIZE THE NUMBER OF LAST PROCESSED LINE IN REDIRECTED Campaign_SCR.mis.tmp
set lastLine=0

rem ... find those words on another file(Campaign_SCR.mis.tmp)
< Campaign_SCR.mis.tmp (for /F "delims=:" %%a in ('findstr /N "%targetWords%" Campaign_SCR.mis.tmp') do (
   REM DUPLICATE PREVIOUS LINES UNTIL NEW TARGET LINE
   set /A numOfLines=%%a-lastLine-1
   for /L %%i in (1,1,!numOfLines!) do (
      set line=
      set /P line=
      echo(!line!
   )
   rem if the line starts with "Name="
   set /P line=
   if "!line:~0,5!" equ "Name=" (
      rem replacing the whole line...with Name=ShipDummy
      echo Name=ShipDummy
      rem After that the two lines below that in that same file would be replaced with 2nd line "Class=ShipDummy", 
      set /P line=
      echo Class=ShipDummy
      rem then 3rd line "Type=206".
      set /P line=
      echo Type=206
      set /A lastLine=%%i+2
   ) else (
      REM DUPLICATE THE NON MATCHING LINE, IF IS NOT THE :EOF MARK
      if "!line!" neq ":EOF" (
         echo !line!
         set lastLine=%%i
      )
   )
)) > Campaign_SCR.mis.tmp.NEW

REM UPDATE THE NEW FILE
REM del Campaign_SCR.mis.tmp
REM ren Campaign_SCR.mis.tmp.NEW Campaign_SCR.mis.tmp